Simplified Kingery Airblast Calculations

Abstract

In July 1980, the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) Explosive Safety Standard DOD 6055.9-STD became linked with or referenced to the 1966 Kingery Hemispherical TNT Surface Burst airblast compilation. In 1984, a revised Kingery compilation was released. The 1984 Kingery paper presented the compiled airblast parameters in terms of high order polynomials. Since its adoption by the DDESB, questions have been raised about this compilation. Questions such as What is it? What are its limitations? What should I know about it to use it properly? This paper presents the same results in terms of simplified polynomials with the results accurate to within 1% of the original Kingery values. The paper also describes the background and basis of the Kingery Standard -- what it is as well as what it is not. Moreover, it provides guidance on its limitations and applicability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA526744

Entities

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  • Michael. M. Swisdak Jr

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  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division

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  • Counter IED

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  • Abstracts
  • Blast Waves
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Equations
  • Explosion Effects
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • New Hampshire
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Sea Level
  • Standards
  • Surface Burst
  • Surface Warfare
  • Temperature Gradients
  • United States

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